Local Natives recommend…

Local Natives have got a great community of artists around them in LA. So when we interviewed them, we asked them to suggest bands we should check out. Here’s what they said. (Click on album names to be taken to Spotify)

The Growlers are Brooks Nielsen, Matt Taylor, Scott Montoya, Warren Thomas, Kyle Straka and Brian Stewart, based in Costa Mesa, California. They describe their sound as gothic-surf pop, if such a thing can be imagined.

Fool’s Gold are an 11-piece collective from LA created by members Luke Top and Lewis Pesacov. They’re described as Afro-pop, combining Western pop melodies with African rhythms. The extended line-up includes members of Foreign Born, the Fall drummer Orpheo McCord and Michael Tapper of We Are Scientists.